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Snowflake138's Profile

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Feeling: Horrible  - Horrible
Gender: Female
Age: 61
Location: Apple Valley, CA


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    Cal8889 (11:08 pm)

    I hope your doctor's tests went well. Did he test you for Candida? Let me know how the results are when they come back. I hope you feel good this weekend! - Maria


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    russ77 (11:31 am)

    I'm pretty good....just writing a couple people before work...How about you?


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    DarlaC (10:37 am)

    ok, 1) hose off the patio, 2) wash the pollen off the car 3) pick up the junk food wrappers outside the fence from the neighborhood kids 4)buy the Marigolds from Home Depot for planting. How's that??

Goals

Progress

35 %

Goal End Date is May 25, 08 8 more days.

Progress

95 %

Goal End Date is Apr 2, 08 45 days ago.

Progress

15 %

Goal End Date is Jun 2, 08 16 more days.
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Progress

95 %

Goal End Date is May 12, 08 5 days ago.

Support Groups

 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
 
Treatments
 Cymbalta (Working / Worked)
Originally started for chemical imbalance
 Klonopin (Working / Worked)
Use very seldom for aniety
 Lexapro (Working / Worked)
Did not do anything
 Paxil (Working / Worked)
Did not do anything
 Zoloft (Working / Worked)
Did not do anything
 Provigil (Working / Worked)
started at 100mg, just increased to 200 mg, only thing that keeps me upright
4 Members 46 Posts
 Depression
  Clinical (Major) Depression
I have a chemical imbalance depression. 
Treatments
 Celexa (Not Working)
didn't work
 Cymbalta (Working / Worked)
It's worked for over a year and a half
 Desipramine (Not Working)
didn't work
 Effexor (Not Working)
didn't work
 Elavil (Not Working)
didn't work
 Electroconvulsive therapy (Not Working)
Back in 1996.it almost killed me...had a stroke in the middle of one and that was that...it was horrible
 Geodon (Not Working)
didn't work
 Lexapro (Not Working)
didn't work
 MAO Inhibitor INardil (Working / Worked)
This was first med that worked ever after who knows how many others tried. It worked for 6 12 years....the problem is that it is very dangerous med to be on.....you have to have extremely strict diet no over the counter meds severe interreactions with a lot of prescription meds etc. I adhered to all pretty well then started having some cheese now and then and other things now and then The list is loooonnngggggg of cant haves so started having TIAs because of it.
 Paxil (Not Working)
didn't work
 Positive Thinking (Somewhat Helpful)
 Prozac (Not Working)
worked for 4 months then stopped working
 Psychotherapy (Working / Worked)
Long story...........but helps if you are lucky enough to get a good therapist
 Support from Friends & Family (Somewhat Helpful)
Mostly from long term friends..........family basically doesn't understand
 Trazodone (Not Working)
way, way back when, old med, really didn't do much
 Wellbutrin (Not Working)
This crap did NOTHING and almost ended me up in hospital
 Zoloft (Not Working)
Didn't work
 You name it (Not Working)
I have been on every med the FDA has okayed over the past 14 years....only 2 have worked
98 Members 2706 Posts
 Diabetes Type 2
 
Treatments
 Dietary Modification (Working / Worked)
To a point
9 Members 24 Posts


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